January 4, 2010

Isimangaliso New year and Kosi drownings

Durban – A search is underway for a person who might have been involved in a deadly drowning incident at Kosi Bay, the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW) and the iSimangaliso Wetland Authority said on Saturday.

Friday’s drowning incident has already claimed three lives and left three injured.

The government conservation organisation said that it had received unconfirmed reports that a seventh person might have gone missing during the incident at the Kosi Mouth beach.

Although, no-one has reported a specific person as missing, some people on the scene said that they believed another person had been involved in the incident.

EKZNW staff and police were thus combing the area on Saturday as a precaution.

Large crowds

iSimangaliso Wetland Park CEO Andrew Zaloumis said that the mouth of the Kosi Lake System was packed with larger than expected crowds of between 2 000 and 3 000 at the time of the drownings.